Recently taken to Rosemary as it helps with strong healthy hair. Sprout fenugreek, broccoli, radish, mustard to eat raw for its high nutritional content.
Same as @Joyce Goldenlily - lots of fruit, veggies and herbs to keep our bodies together and lots of ornamentals for their beauty and their contribution to wildlife feeding and sheltering so good for the soul. Makes me happy to see seeds coming thru, new spring growth from the herbacaeous perennials, shrubs and trees, the changing colours, textures and perfumes thru the seasons.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I understand the more colourful the fruit and veg, the better they are for us:
Different colours contain different phytonutrients. When you eat a rainbow, you're more likely to get a variety of vitamins and minerals. And, the more vibrant the fruit or vegetable, the more protective the phytonutrients.
Because I'm inquisitive, I'm having a 'go' at growing a rainbow, ie Tomato Black Cherry F1, Carrot 'Deep Purple' F1, red onion sets, purple and green French beans, and butternut squash. Somehow I didn't fancy growing purple potatoes. Some of the colourful vegs I can't buy normally.
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts... There’s fennel for you, and columbines; there’s rue for you, and here’s some for me
But I just use herbs, or any food, for flavour. If it's good for my health, that's a bonus. My growing herb plants I brush as I pass and it's good for my state of mind.
And B3 said: I buy the peppermint oil in the chemist . I make peppermint creams (I used to buy Elizabeth Shaw mints, but now it is no longer available). There are many pepermint flavour inferior products, and not food grade. I tried a number of products labelled: flavour, extract, liquid, essence ... The only suitable type was "pure essential oil". Expensive, but cheaper flavour-for-flavour in the end. I buy from Summertown Farm.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I would have thought that growing almost any plant is good for your health. The very act of being outside is great. Plus the mental aspect of the joy in seeing plants grow, flower, blossom, and even go into winter hibernation, is positive.
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Because I'm inquisitive, I'm having a 'go' at growing a rainbow, ie Tomato Black Cherry F1, Carrot 'Deep Purple' F1, red onion sets, purple and green French beans, and butternut squash. Somehow I didn't fancy growing purple potatoes. Some of the colourful vegs I can't buy normally.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts...
There’s fennel for you, and columbines; there’s rue for you, and here’s some for me
But I just use herbs, or any food, for flavour. If it's good for my health, that's a bonus. My growing herb plants I brush as I pass and it's good for my state of mind.
And B3 said: I buy the peppermint oil in the chemist .
I make peppermint creams (I used to buy Elizabeth Shaw mints, but now it is no longer available). There are many pepermint flavour inferior products, and not food grade. I tried a number of products labelled: flavour, extract, liquid, essence ... The only suitable type was "pure essential oil". Expensive, but cheaper flavour-for-flavour in the end. I buy from Summertown Farm.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
And 5 Apples a day keeps the NHS away.
I ♥ my garden.